Customer Success Story

Revolutionizing Collections Excellence: A Collaborative Journey with TSI

This case study delves into the transformation journey of a prominent financial institution that partnered with TSI, a trusted ARM provider. The primary objective of this case study is to illustrate the challenges faced by this financial institution, the strategic solutions crafted to overcome these challenges, and the concrete results achieved through this transformative endeavor.

The Challenge

Despite its global presence and respected reputation, the financial institution encountered several challenges within its collections services division. The primary challenges comprised:

  • Enhancing Capabilities: There was a pressing need to enhance collections capabilities to ensure efficient recovery processes across diverse geographies and customer segments.
  • Improving Agility: The collections industry’s ever-evolving nature demanded quick adaptation to changing regulations, customer behaviors, and market dynamics.
  • Boosting Profitability: Concerns about profitability emerged due to operational costs associated with collections. The institution aimed to improve collections profitability while maintaining ethical and customer-centric practices.
  • Strengthening Competitive Positioning: In the fiercely competitive global collections market, the institution sought to fortify its competitive value and positioning amidst evolving customer expectations.

The Solution

In collaboration with TSI, the financial institution embarked on a comprehensive transformation journey to address these challenges. Several strategic solutions were implemented:

  • Performance Ratings: The institution introduced performance ratings, including the prestigious G1 rating, to assess and recognize excellence within its collections locations. Notably, the first-party collections locations in India achieved the first G1 rating, signifying exceptional performance.
  • TSI Legal Collections: TSI Legal collections also achieved a G1 rating, underscoring their effectiveness in managing legal collections processes.
  • Consistent Ranking: TSI consistently maintained top rankings across primary, secondary, and tertiary charge-off portfolios, illustrating their consistent delivery of results.
  • Improved Scoring Methodology: The institution, in partnership with TSI, implemented changes in its scoring methodology, resulting in more accurate assessments of customer creditworthiness and collection potential.
  • Higher Collections Results: The updated scoring methodology led to higher collections results, demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach in recovering outstanding debts.

The Results

The collaborative transformation efforts yielded tangible results:

  • Improved Collections Performance: The institution experienced a substantial improvement in collections performance, exemplified by TSI’s sustained top-ranking position in primary lending roll rate files.
  • Enhanced Profitability: The improvements in collections performance and methodology positively impacted profitability, enabling the institution to optimize collections processes while reducing operational costs.
  • Strengthened Competitive Positioning: The financial institution, in partnership with TSI, successfully reinforced its competitive positioning within the collections industry. This was achieved through a relentless focus on excellence, customer-centric practices, and adaptability to changing market dynamics.
  • Acknowledged Excellence: The attainment of G1 ratings for collections locations and TSI Legal collections served as external validation of the financial institution’s unwavering commitment to excellence.

Customer Experience/Care Management

Inbound & Outbound Voice

CX  & Care Programs

Back-Office Functions

Performance Analytics

Flexible Global Staffing

Business Process Outsourcing

Data Input

Document Processing

Verfication & Validation

Exception Processing

QA Monitoring & Reporting

Business Analytics & Modeling

First Party ARM

1st Party Collections

Pre-Charge Off Program Support

Inbound & Outbound

Early Stage / Care Based

Brand Protection

IT Adaptability / Flexibility

third Party Debt Collection

Post Charge-Off

Primary & Secondary

Late-Stage Recovery

Innovative Technology & Approach

Propensity to Pay Analytics